Jake's Mom
Nov 28, 2009, 08:47 PM
Chemical equation for apples oxidizing when exposed to air?
Perito
Nov 28, 2009, 09:40 PM
Darn good question. Unfortunately, I've never learned the answer. I know that it's an oxidation process and it's a peroxidase-catalyzed reaction.
Peroxidase in the Darkening of Apples - Industrial & Engineering Chemistry (ACS Publications) (http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ie50303a022)